Global Matrix

Leading scholars explore the cultural politics of globalisation, nationalism and violence.

Globalization has brought with it many difficult and contradictory phenomena: violence, deep national insecurities, religious divisions and individual insecurities. This book takes a critical look at three key areas - globalism, nationalism, and state-terror - to confront common mythologies and identify the root causes of the problems we face.

Too many commentators still argue that globalization is predominantly a neo-liberal economic phenomenon; that nation-states are on the way out, and that terror is something that primarily comes from below. Global Matrix exposes the limitations of this argument.

Written by two leading scholars, this is a lucid study of what place the nation-state has in a globalizing world that will appeal to students across the political and social sciences.

Preface
1. Introduction: Mapping Nationalism and Globalism
Part I. Rethinking Globalism and Globalisation
2. Global Enchantment: A Matrix of Ideologies
3. Global Trajectories: America and the Unchosen
4. Global Tensions: A Clash of Social Formations
Part II. Debating Civic and Post-Nationalism
5. Fetishised Nationalism? (Joan Cocks)
6. Ambiguous Nationalism: A Reply to Joan Cocks
7. Dark Nationalism or Transparent Postnationalism?
Part III. Reflecting on Old and New Nations
8. Ukania: The Rise of the ‘Annual Report’ Society
9. Australia: Anti-Politics for a Passive Federation
10. Late Britain: Disorientations from Down Under
11. North America: The Misfortunes and ‘Death’ of Ethnicity
12. Central Asia: Continuities and Discontinuities
Part IV. Confronting Terror and Violence
13. Democracy and the Shadow of Genocide
14. Nationalism and the Crucible of Modern Totalitarianism
15. Control and the Projection of a Totalising War-Machine
16. Terrorism and the Opening of Black Pluto’s Door
17. Meta-War and the Insecurity of the United States
18. Post-2001 and the Third Coming of Nationalism
References
Index